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| Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center volunteers were very welcoming and helpful. |
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| We first walked around Butcher's Slough Log Pond. What was the first thing we heard and saw?A volunteer told us this is only the second year they have had a breeding pair of Yellow Chats at Arcata Marsh, so we were lucky to see them. |
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| There were Song Sparrows everywhere, and Red-winged Blackbirds in the pond. We caught this American Goldfinch sunning. |
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| Another Anna's Hummingbird |
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| Then on to Hauser Marsh |
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| which was really beautiful! |
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| A lady Mallard on her throne |
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| Then we turned our attention to the McDaniel Slough trail at high tide. The shorebirds were in and staging. There were 4 Marbled-Godwits . . . |
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| . . .among Dowichers aplenty! |
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| . . .and even more Dowichers! |
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| We saw Short and Long-billed Dowichers, and even some Middle-billed Dowichers! |
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| Willets |
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| Oodles of Dunlin |
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| Snowy Egret with Dunlin |
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| Western Sandpiper with Dowicher |
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| Great Egret |
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| Paul got this great photo of Great and Snowy Egrets together |
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| We watched the dowichers and dunlin for quite a while, resting with their heads tucked under their wings. All of a sudden they all took off and swirled around us with the audible whisper of thousands of wings and headed out to sea. It was a magical moment! |
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| We traipsed along a flowery marsh |
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| and alongside Klopp Lake |
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| Marsh Wrens sang and sang along the edges of the marshes |
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| This baby Marsh Wren finished off our day on loud and high note wobbling on his perch among the cattails. |
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